190 GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 



twice the length ot the germ; petals blparted, the lower 

 se,ement setaceous; leaves oval, acute, bractes acuminate/ 

 — Nearly allied to H. macroceras. Willd. t. s. In Herb. 

 Muhl. Flowers white. 



2. * repejis. Root creeping'; leaves and bractes lanceo- 

 late, acute; lip 3-parted, lateral segments setaceous; spur 

 scarcely the length ot ihe gerin, adscendent; inner petals 

 blparted, the lower segment setaceous. Hab. On the 

 margins ot ponds near Savannah in Georgia and in Caro- 

 lina; subaquatic. Obs. Hoot perennial, fibrous, creeping, 

 base of the stem also radicant; fibres lanuginous. Stem 

 leafy, about 12 inches high. Leaves oblong-lanceoiate, 

 approximate, in the sp'.ke diminishing to bractes, which 

 are about equal with the flowers. Spike linear, 3 to 5 

 inches long. Flowers yellowish-green, numerous, but 

 not dense. Outer segments of the calix gland ularly mu- 

 cronulate, upper segments vaulted; the 2 inner petals bi- 

 fid nearly to the base, with the divisions so unequal and 

 divaricate as to appear unconnected, tlie upper one linear 

 and acute, the lower setaceous; lip 3-parted, the central 

 portion shorter and linear, the 2 lateral setaceous. 



ft" Jnther persistent, parallel with the stigma.— 

 Pollinia affixed to the summit of the stigma, the par- 

 ticles farinaceous or angular.*' R. Brown. 



608. GOODYERA. R. Brown, Neottia. WiUd. 

 Corolla ringent; the 2 lower petals placed un- 

 der the gibbous lip, winch is undivided above. 

 The column (or style) free. Follen ang;ular. 



Roots creeping; leaves radical, reticulated with disco- 

 loured veins; flowers densely spiked. 



Species. 1. G. repens. 2. pnbescens. 



The only species of the genus, the 1st. also indigenous 

 to Europe. 



609. NEOTTIA. Swartx, 72. Broxvn. 



Corolla ringent; tlie 2 lower petals placed un- 

 der the lip, which is beardless^ interior leaves 

 connivent. Column apterous. Pollen farina- 

 ceous. 



Nearly allied to the preceding genus, and almost simi- 

 lar in habit. 



Species. l.'K. iortiUs. 2- cernua. In these and ..V 



